Service Wey Christians Dey Give

November 8, 2022
Tuesday for di week number thirty-two for Ordinary Time
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“When una don do everything wey dem command una to do, make una talk, ‘We na servants wey no bring any gain; we don do wetin we suppose do.’” Luke 17:10

This word hard to talk, and e even harder to mean am from your heart when you talk am.

Think about di kind situation where we suppose talk and live out this way of thinking about Christian service. For example, think about one mama wey spend di day dey clean house and prepare food for di family. When di day end, e surely good make people recognise di hard work wey she do and thank am for am. Of course, when di family dey grateful and recognise this service wey she give with love, that gratitude good and na act of love. E good to dey grateful and to show am. But wetin this passage dey mainly talk about no be say we must try to dey grateful for di love and service wey other people give us. Instead, e dey talk about wetin dey move us to serve. You dey serve so that people go thank you? Or you dey serve because to serve na good and right thing to do?

Jesus make am clear say di main thing wey suppose move us to serve other people as Christians, whether for family or for any other place, na to know say to serve na our duty. We must serve because of love, whether other people welcome our service or recognise am or not.

So, imagine say you spend your day dey serve, and you do that service because of di love wey you get for other people. Then imagine say nobody thank you for di work wey you do. That one suppose change how you give yourself to service? Di way other people respond, or their failure to respond, suppose stop you from serving as God want make you serve? No, not at all. We must serve and do our duty as Christians simply because na di right thing to do and because na wetin God want from us.

Today, think deeply about wetin dey move you to serve other people with love. Try to talk these words from di Gospel as dem concern your own life. E fit hard at first, but if you fit serve with di mind say you na “servant wey no bring any gain” and say you no do pass wetin “na your duty to do,” then you go see say your love for God and other people go deep for one whole new way.

Lord, help me make I serve with my own free will and all my heart, because of di love wey I get for You and for others. Help me make I give myself no matter how others respond, and make I find satisfaction for only this act of love. Jesus, na You I trust.

New things for Advent and Christmas!